Bridesmaids help, how many?

Question

Ok, so I asked 4 people to be my bridesmaids. My sister is my MOH. All of the ones I have asked have been my friends for years..one lives in Maine and we started talking again and I decided to ask her and she accepted. How many is too many bridesmaids to have? I have 2 other people I wish could be in it but that would make it 6 bridesmaids and my fiancee would have only 4 or maybe 5 is that weird?

Answer 1

I have 8 bridesmaids, 8 groomsmen, 2 flower girls and 4 ushers. I come from a big family (obviously), and we started running out of room on the limo bus thing hence the 4 ushers. I couldn't match them up with bridesmaids or else we wouldn't be able to fit everyone. To do it over again, I would have kept it simpler. There are a lot of incidental costs that go with having that many people. The rehearsal dinner, the gifts and it's a lot of people to coordinate with all the time.  

Answer 2

in my opinion a bride should only request the best of best friends/relatives to be in her wedding as bridesmaids. What I mean by best of the best is that after you've been married for 3yrs and again at 20yrs, when you look back at your wedding pictures will you still remain that close to the girls from your wedding party?

I alson think anymore than 6 is too many and that the bride and groom should have the same amount of people standing in for them.  

Answer 3

You could always ask those people to be the guestbook attendant or the program distributor.  It's still an honor for them to be a part of the wedding and you won't have to worry about too many bridesmaids or uneven number of attendants.  That's what I did with my friends that I wanted to be a part of it.

Answer 4

i had 6 and it was supposed to be 9! but 3 got pregnant! lol my hubby just asked another friend of his to be on standby just in case! no amount is too many. people say u go by the size of ur wedding guests but who cares as long as they can afford theyre own dress and are dependable then i dont see why not? i had cousins from both sides of my family and a few friends too.  good luck and congratulations

Answer 5

Do what you want! It is your wedding.  I have seen this situation several times with my friends and it drove me crazy that they let other people convince them to do what they wanted.

Even if you have more on one side than the other (groomsman) you can always make it work. Have someone escort twice or whatever. Also, it is better than having hard feelings from someone that tend to last awhile!

Have a great wedding!

Answer 6

There is no such thing as too many or too few. I do, however, find it ridiculous when people have 10 or more.

I am blessed in friends and family, so I have seven bridesmaids--my youngest sister/best friend, my other best friend, and my five good friends.

It was really ahrd to narrow it down, but I chose those I feel the closest to =]

Answer 7

Dont have a bunch of people just because you want to please everyone. It is much more special to have a few who really mean alot to you that you will look at  your wedding pictures 20 years from now and still be talking to those people instead of someone that won't be special to you years from now.

I had two in my wedding, my sister and my very best friend. My husband had his father as his best man and his grandfather as his other best man.

We still love the choices we made because we know we'll never look at our pictures and say "What the h**l were we thinking"

Answer 8

have as many as you can afford to dress!